Window draft-stop.



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WINDOW DRAFT STOP.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oet. 17, 1905.

Application iled December 22. 1904. Serial No. 237,985.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. VELLER, a citizen of the'United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Window Draft-Stops, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to draftguards or weather-stripping for doors, windows, and the like, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and efhcient means that may be readily and quickly applied by unskilled persons to the joints between windows and doors and their frames to exclude drafts of air and dust from the rooms or apartments with which the doors and windows communicate.

To this end the invention comprises a strip or section of flexible materialsuch as rubber, cloth, cordage, and the like-which is secured in the angles between the door, window, or other closure and its casing, and adjustable means for forcing' the flexible strip against the adjacent surface of the door or window between the points of attachment of said strip and also for relieving the pressure on said strip when the window or door is to be opened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a window having the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a short section of the window, showing the relation of the flexible strip and the adjustable clamp for the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a indicates the sash of a window, said sash being mounted in the usual framingf between the sash guides or strips l/Vithin the angles formed between the sash a, the window-ledge, and the strips I) b is secured a continuous strip of flexible material c, which may consist of a length of rubber fabric, either solid or in the form of tubing, or a corresponding section of rope or cordage, or any other suitable material possessing the proper dimensions and flexibility. Said strip c is secured at its ends to the window-jamb or the sash-strips b by tacks, screws, staples, or other suitable means and at the bends or angles between the jambs and the sill by corresponding fastening means, so that the said strip c lies snugly but loosely in the angles between the sash and the window-casing,

permitting the sash to move freely up an down. In order to force the strip securely against the sash or in the angle between the same and the frame. there is provided an adjustable clamping device, which is adapted to be mounted on the sash-strips or window-casing in such relation as to engage the iiexible strip c between the points of attachment thereof and force said strip iirmly against the sash,and thereby prevent all air, dust, and the like from passing between the sash and window-casing. As illustrated, the preferred form of this clamping device consists of a small eccentric wheel g, pivoted on a screw or stud 12 driven into the sash-strip a washer t' being provided between the head of the screw and the wheel g to permit the latter to turn freely. The edge of the eccentric wheel g engages the flexible strip c and forces the latter against the sash with a pressure commensurate with the degree through which said eccentric is turned. W'hen the short radius of the wheel is adjacent to the strip c, the latter bears with little or no pressure on the sash, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; but when the wheel is turned from this position pressure is brought to bear on the strip and the latter is forced more or less tightly against the sash. In order to se cure the clamp in its adjusted position, the wheel g is provided with a series of holes jj, which are adapted to be engaged by a pin l, carried by an angular spring-arm secured by a screw m to the side of the window-frame, said arm 7c and pin Z constituting a lock or latch forthe eccentric clamp.

Of course it is to be understood that the clamps are to be applied at proper intervals and in sufficient numbers to force the strip firml y against the sash at all points, and while two such clamps only are shown it will be apparent that a larger number may be employed as desired either along the side easing of the window or on the sill.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A weather-strip comprising a flexible strip, securing means at its ends, and a cam device arranged intermediate of its ends and operating laterally on the strip in a plane at right angles to said securing' means to jam the stri ps into the angle, the flexibility of the strips permitting such lateral jamming action.

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2. A Weather-strip, comprising in combination with a Windoweframe and sliding' sash, 2L flexible strip rigidly Secured at its ends to the Window-easing and lying in the angle formed by the easing and the sash, and a earn device secured to the easing intermediate the ends of the strip operable t0 jam the strip laterally against the sash, the flexibility of the strip permitting it to be forced by the earn against the sash. IO

1n testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDW'ARD A. VELLER. Witnesses:

CHAS. VANOPPEN, STANTON BIKER. 

